Ergun Ertan, Börcek Alp Ozgün, Cemil Berker, Doğulu Fikret, Baykaner M Kemali
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Ankara, Turkey.
Turk Neurosurg. 2008 Jan;18(1):52-5.
Spinal canal extradural arachnoid cyst is an uncommon, expanding lesion which may communicate with the subarachnoid space. They may be either intra or extradural with intradural cysts being less common. Spinal arachnoid cysts are usually in the thoracic spine, and they may cause symptoms due to spinal cord compression. Although surgery is the preferred way of management, there are reported cases with long term follow-up in the literature. Here we present a 14-year-old female who presented with intermittent low back pain for 1 year and a spinal arachnoid cyst that was followed for two years without any neurological deterioration.
椎管硬膜外蛛网膜囊肿是一种罕见的、进行性扩大的病变，可能与蛛网膜下腔相通。它们可以位于硬膜内或硬膜外，硬膜内囊肿较少见。脊髓蛛网膜囊肿通常位于胸椎，可能因脊髓受压而引起症状。虽然手术是首选的治疗方法，但文献中有长期随访的报道病例。在此，我们报告一名14岁女性，她间歇性下腰痛1年，患有脊髓蛛网膜囊肿，随访两年无任何神经功能恶化。
